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Selections from the writings and speeches of William Lloyd Garrison: With an appendix ...

The book offers a collection of William Lloyd Garrison's significant writings and speeches, showcasing his contributions to the abolitionist movement. It provides insight into Garrison's advocacy for the immediate emancipation of enslaved individuals and his role in shaping public opinion on the issue. The appendix contains supplementary materials that further contextualize Garrison's work and its impact. more

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William Lloyd Garrison
William Lloyd Garrison

William Lloyd Garrison was an American journalist and abolitionist. Born on December 12, 1805, and died on May 24, 1879, Garrison was a prominent figure in the American abolitionist movement. Known for his radical stance against slavery and strong moral beliefs, he was one of the key figures in the fight against slavery in the United States. more

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“We teach them to take their patriotism at second-hand; to shout with the largest crowd without examining into the right or wrong of the matter -- exactly as boys under monarchies are taught and have always been taught. We teach them to regard as traitors, and hold in aversion and contempt, such as do not shout with the crowd, and so here in our democracy we are cheering a thing which of all things is most foreign to it and out of place -- the delivery of our political conscience into somebody else's keeping. This is patriotism on the Russian plan.”

“[Patriotism] ...is a word which always commemorates a robbery. There isn't a foot of land in the world which doesn't represent the ousting and re-ousting of a longline of successive "owners" who each in turn, as "patriots" with proud swelling hearts defended it against the next gang of "robbers" who came to steal it and did -- and became swelling-hearted patriots in their turn.”

“There are two Americas. One is the America of Lincoln and Adlai Stevenson; the other is the America of Teddy Roosevelt and the modern superpatriots. One is generous and humane, the other narrowly egotistical; one is self-critical, the other self-righteous; one is sensible, the other romantic; one is good-humored, the other solemn; one is inquiring, the other pontificating; one is moderate, the other filled with passionate intensity; one is judicious and the other arrogant in the use of great power.”